Doctorate in Business AdministrationThe Athabasca University online DBA is the ideal next step for experienced managers and senior leaders who hold an MBA (or an equivalent master’s degree) and want to pursue a comprehensive curriculum of advanced management theory and practice, combined with the opportunity to conduct practical research that will make a difference in today’s complex business environment.

Master (MBA) The AU online Executive MBA helps you develop the comprehensive advanced management skills you need for success in any sector—without putting your life on hold. Intakes are three times per year: Fall, Winter, and Spring.

Online Executive MBAThe AU online Executive MBA helps you develop the comprehensive advanced management skills you need for success in any sector—without putting your life on hold. Intakes are three times per year: Fall, Winter, and Spring.

Post Baccalaureate Diploma in ManagementThe PBDM is awarded after successful completion of Phase One of the MBA program and can be taken as a stand-alone credential. Admission requirements are the same as for the MBA.

Bachelor of CommerceThe BComm is one of the most highly recognized credentials in the Canadian business community. AU graduates stand out from the crowd as motivated self-starters who combine a desire to succeed with proven skills in time management, technology usage and leadership.

Bachelor of ManagementThe BMgmt provides a broad base of management knowledge in accounting, communication theory and practice, information systems, management science, organizational behaviour, economics and commercial law. It takes a strong international perspective on business and explores the ethical, global, political, and environmental issues that organizations face every day.

Certificate ProgramsCertificate programs can help you get a handle on management basics or specialize in a specific discipline. Better yet, certificates can be laddered into the Bachelor of Commerce or Bachelor of Management programs, so if and when you do decide to pursue a full degree, you’ll have a head start.

Professional AccountingAU’s Faculty of Business provides specific courses and programs to help you meet the requirements for all of the Canadian accounting designations. You can register just in the specific prerequisite courses that you require for your designation, or you can enroll in a degree or certificate that will help you meet your goals.

Diploma to DegreeAthabasca University has worked with many community colleges and technical institutes to build post diploma routes to degree completion. These post diploma programs recognize university-level work that has been completed in the college sector and awards block credit into our Bachelor of Management (BMgmt) and Bachelor of Commerce (BComm) programs.

CoursesA full listing of all AU Faculty of Business undergraduate courses.

Online Executive Master of Business Administration

In 1994, AU logged on with the world’s first fully interactive online Executive MBA program, and since then has continued to build a tradition of excellence in online management education.

Today, at 20 years old, the AU online MBA is Canada’s largest executive MBA program, and has earned a place among the top MBAs in the world. Our powerful collaborative online learning environment makes it feasible and practical to work on a top quality Executive MBA while still meeting your commitments to work and family.

Designed to fit individual schedules, the program can be successfully completed from home, work, or even while travelling. You need not leave work for a month, a year, or even every second Friday. You control your study hours, working at the time and place that’s right for you.

BUSINESS of HOCKEY EXECUTIVE MBA

Key Features:

COHORT BASED AND PACEDThis is not an isolated study experience; you work through your courses with a group you come to know well online, including your academic coach. Groupwork, discussions, and regular assignment deadlines keep you on track—much like attending regular university classes, minus the commute.

GLOBAL PERSPECTIVESAn AU MBA online classroom connects experienced managers from across Canada and around the world, from every sector and virtually every industry—students who specialize in human resources, operations, marketing, information technology … in roles from middle manager to CEO to entrepreneur. Student groupings change from course to course, giving you maximum exposure to the rich resource that is your MBA student peer group.

FLEXIBLEOur 24 hour online format means you can successfully complete your program from home, work, or while travelling. Should life get complicated for a little while and you find you need to defer a course, our ‘three times per year’ course scheduling means we can accommodate you with minimal disruption to your overall completion time.

HIGHLY SUPPORTED
Professors, student services coordinators, helpdesk advisors, learning services staff, and student and alumni relations staff all support your learning. Whether you are struggling with a course concept, need special paperwork for your employer, or can’t figure out how to connect to your course from your hotel room in Dubai, there is someone here to help you.

APPLICABLE AND TAILORED TO YOU
Courses help you constantly apply your learning directly to your organization and industry; you come away from each course with tangible and usable knowledge and abilitities.

PERSONALLY RECOMMENDEDIn the roughly 20 years since our EMBA has been online, we have graduated over 3,500 successful managers and executives. And every year roughly 70% of those who apply to the program do so because they have been referred by a current student or alumnus.

The AU online Executive MBA is celebrating its 20th anniversary!

Internet technology was pretty new in 1994, and many in the academic world said an online MBA would never, ever succeed. But today, the AU online Executive MBA is the largest Executive MBA program in Canada. Watch our 20th anniversary video to hear why.

BEING AN AU MBA STUDENT

Once you are accepted into the program, you join a virtual ‘classroom’ of talented managers from organizations of various shapes and sizes and industries, from across the country and beyond …